Approvals Assistant Usecase Examples and Prompts

The following table lists some Financial Consolidation and Close Approvals Assistant example usecases and the corresponding prompts.

Table 12-5 Example Usecases and Prompts

Intent Example User Prompt Workflow Behavior

Retrieve all approval units

Show all approvals for Actual FY25 Jan

Retrieves all approval units for the provided Scenario, Year, and Period

Retrieve my approval units

Get my approvals for Actual FY25 Jan

Retrieves approval units assigned to the current user

Fetch approval unit details

What is the approval status of C_150 for Actual FY25 Jan?

Retrieves status, owner, alias, and sub-status for a specific approval unit

View available actions

What actions can I take on C_150 for Actual FY25 Jan?

Retrieves actions available to the current user for the selected approval unit

Perform single approval action

Lock C_150 for Actual FY25 Jan

Validates the approval unit, checks available actions, and performs the requested action

Perform range-based approval action

Apply approval action START for C_150 from Jan to Dec FY25

Executes an approval action across a period range, approval unit list, or phase list

Check job status

Check status of job 16

Retrieves execution status for a submitted approval job

Note: In prompts, you can also use the member Alias name, which will be converted to the member name.

Example: Get available actions for Vision Canada, FY25 Actual Jan

POV Resolution Behavior

If you do not explicitly provide the Scenario, Year, or Period, the workflow resolves the missing values from the current POV.

Table 12-6 Approvals POV Resolution

User Input Missing Parameters Resolution Behavior

Show my approval units

Scenario, Year, Period

Use Scenario, Year, and Period from the current POV

Show my approval units for Jan

Scenario, Year

Use Scenario and Year from current POV; use Period from user input

Show approval status for C_150 in FY25 Jan

Scenario

Use Scenario from current POV; use Year and Period from user input

Lock C_150 for Actual FY25 Jan

None

Use all values provided by the user